1. Cook your 3 medium waxy potatoes whole, in hot water (this is
part of the laziness and keeps in the flavour too)

2. Meanwhile, saute onions in a minimum amount of olive oil on alow heat for around 10-15 minutes until caramelised. Next add any spices, grated carrot and then your French lentils. Ensure your mix is fairly, dry you don't want too much liquid in your lentil mix. Turn off the
heat.

3. When cooked, strain potatoes very well, and even pat dry. Less
liquid the better. Mash potatoes roughly, with the back of a fork, not too
smooth. We don’t need the mash to be super creamy.

Now, here is the only “tricky” part:

4. Combine your lentil mix and potato smash mash, fairly gently. Add your salt to taste. Then roll into
balls - pat with your hands into a nice shape - around 5 cm round is good but
you can make them bigger. And around 2-3 cm thick.

The mix should be more potato than lentil - so they will keep
shape, if we get the mix too watery, or not enough potato they may fall apart
in the pan. They should be fairly firm, almost like a dough consistency.

As we are not using egg or meat as a binder, we need to work fast. You need to make your burgers while the potato
lentil mix is warm or even as hot as you can handle, to make a nice firm mix.

5. Coat in your crumbs. Again, this needs to be done while mix
is hot/warm, so the crumbs stick to the burgers. After you have coated in crumbs,
straight to the fridge on a plate, not touching.

6. Lazy chill time

At least an hour should be fine, or until cooled completely.

7.Fry your lazy lentil burgers in shallow medium to high oil, until brown
and crispy. Allow to sit for a minute or two ... enjoy!

Serve with your favourite salad, flat bread or yoghurt

Great with a little squeeze of lemon
or lime

Fantastic snack for your lunch box or picnic. Great finger food for children.

Notes:

If you’re not so lazy, soak some dried Puy lentils overnight, and cook gently, in a light chicken stock if you have it, for an even tastier result. You can also try adding to the lentil mix wheat free, cruelty free or vegan
rashers of bacon, finely diced for extra saltiness.Adults might like to add more spice too!